Two people, including a child, were killed in a knife attack in a park in Aschaffenburg, southern Germany, on Wednesday, local police said. The latter specifies having apprehended a suspect.
The attack, the motives of which are not known at this stage, occurred “around 11:45 a.m. in Schöntal park, causing the death of two people”, a 41-year-old man and a 2-year-old boy said. the police on his X account. The suspect apprehended is a 28-year-old Afghan, she added.
Two other “seriously injured” people are currently being treated in hospital. The investigation is taking place “at a rapid pace”, police said, refusing to “speculate” on the motives of the attack.
The suspect was arrested near the park which was evacuated and the premises remain cordoned off by the police, she said.
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Several knife attacks
Germany has been rocked by several knife attacks in recent months. Security issues are very present in the campaign for the legislative elections on February 23.
The country was particularly shocked by an attack in Solingen (west) where the alleged perpetrator, a Syrian suspected of links with the Islamic State (IS) organization, stabbed three people to death during local festivities at the end of August.
->> Reread: Alleged perpetrator of Solingen knife attack confesses after surrendering
In June, a knife attack targeting an anti-Islam rally in Mannheim (west) left one dead, a young police officer who intervened. The alleged attacker was an Afghan national.
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The German government subsequently banned the carrying of bladed weapons in popular gatherings and in long-distance transport.
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